EU and China Must Move from Words to Action
By Martin Banks The EU says the 27- strong bloc can do more and this would send a strong signal to the world.”
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EUROPE
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WORLD 
August 31, 2025 China and India pledge to be ‘partners not rivals’
The leaders of China and India say there is now deepening trust between them after years of tension that includes a long-running border dispute. China’s President Xi Jinping and Indian PM Narendra Modi met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the port city of Tianjin. It is Modi’s first time in China […]
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ECONOMY
August 12, 2025 China’s automakers are taking a shortcut to European markets
BEIJING – Chinese automakers are shipping cars to Europe through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, nearly two years after the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen started attacking vessels in the critical Middle East transit route.
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ECONOMY
June 9, 2025 US and China set to meet for trade talks in London
A new round of talks aimed at resolving the trade war between the US and China is set take place in London on Monday. A senior US delegation including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will meet with Chinese representatives such as Vice Premier He Lifeng to resolve tensions between the world’s two largest economies, which is […]
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CYPRUS
May 10, 2025 Cyprus and China sign MoU in the field of sports
Cyprus and China signed on Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of sports. The MoU was signed at a special ceremony held at the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, by Minister Athena Michaelidou, on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus, and Deputy Minister of the General Administration of Sports, Li Jing, on […]
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WORLD
April 10, 2025 Why Trump is hitting China on trade – and what might happen next
Suddenly, Donald Trump’s trade war is in much sharper focus. Rather than a fight on all fronts against the world, this now looks far more like a fight on familiar Trumpian territory: America v China. The 90-day pause on the higher “retaliatory” tariffs levied on dozens of countries still leaves a universal across-the-board tariff of […]
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EUROPE
January 15, 2025 EU to weigh up possibility of adopting IPI measures against China
BY Martin Banks A key report published on Tuesday (14 January) highlights what it calls “continued discrimination” against EU medical devices in China’s public procurement market.
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CYPRUS
December 21, 2024 New Ambassador of Cyprus to China presented her credentials
The Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the People’s Republic of China, Frances-Galatia Lanitou Williams, presented recently her credentials to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a joint official ceremony for the presentation of Ambassadors’ credentials.
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EUROPE
October 10, 2024 Human rights under the spotlight
By Martin Banks MEPs in Strasbourg have adopted three resolutions on alleged human rights violations in three countries: Türkiye, China and Iraq.
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WORLD
May 3, 2024 China Launches Mission to far Side of the Moon
In a world-first attempt, China has sent a rocket probe to the far side of the moon to collect samples in what will be a 53-day mission.
